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Scott on crime stats
I think they know full well what causes violent crime. They just don't care.
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Kiwis report future less bright under National
In 2008, John Key was promising us a brighter future. 18 months on, we're in that future he was talking about and Kiwis are reporting their lives are worse than they were before he came to power. 83% of Kiwis surveyed by ShapeNZ rated their quality…
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Brownlee still spouting the same garbage on mining
From your inner-spring mattress to your car (or even your bike), computer, cellphone and medical equipment; the activities that make up our day and enhance our lives are in most cases only possible because someone, somewhere, has mined something. We're not against all mining everywhere.…
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State enforced amnesia
John Key's National government has, in its infinite wisdom, decided to subsume Archives New Zealand and the National Library within the Department of Internal Affairs. With typical ideological one-eyedness that necessitates a blithe disregard for constitutional values, the merger is likely to have some fairly…
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Will Maori Party stand firm on foreshore & seabed?
As I said last post, National's foreshore and seabed offer cannot be acceptable to the Maori Party. The Maori Party was established to win the right for iwi to have what they believe are their rights to use the economic potential of the foreshore and…
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Hide to speak at privatisation conference
Late last year, we revealed that Rodney Hide and Heather Roy were fundraising for Act at ministerial speeches. A journalist who went to the Hide speech in question recorded him telling audience members that John Key was a 'do nothing' prime minister, and his fellow…
democracy under attack local government privatisation rodney hide
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Open mike 06/04/2010
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Gung Ho
Lyrics On a field of red one gold star Raised above his head Raised above his head He was not like any other He was just like any other And the song they bled Was a hymn to him Awake my little one The seed…
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Key’s promises on crime
John Key makes big promises and he doesn't deliver. Tax cuts North of $50? Jobs summit? Close the gap with Australia? If I was a Texan I'd have to say that John was all hat and no cattle. His rhetoric on crime is another example.…
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Open mike 05/04/2010
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